The power of 13

What’s in a date? Well, lots of luck. It was, therefore, not surprising to see most of the business groups signing their agreements with the Andhra Pradesh government during the two-day Partnership Summit on January 12. Of the 240-odd MoUs lined up during the summit, only some big names signed agreements on the traditionally-unlucky Friday, January 13. “We know many industrialists wanted to avoid signing MoUs on the 13th day of the month. So, several companies approached us to advance the date for signing stating that their bosses had to leave the city or perhaps the country for another, prescheduled meeting,” a senior official said. So there was everything is official about this superstition.